The Electric Pencil: Drawings from Inside State Hospital No. 3

by James Edward Deeds Jr. and Richard Goodman

Deeds's subtle, meticulous, and wildly imaginative pencil and crayon drawings portray an unusual cast of characters: nineteenth-century dandies, Civil War soldiers, antique cars, fantastic boats and trains, country landscapes dotted with roaming animals, and fanciful architecture. None of these existed in the actual mid-twentieth-century landscape of Deeds's own life, but rather were representations of his inner world--an artist's poignant tribute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616894547
• ISBN13: 9781616894542
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.4"